The Truth About Lasseter

In July 1930, Harry Lasseter arrived in Central Australia with an expedition he had been hired to guide to his legendary gold reef. By mid-September, the expedition had failed. Six weeks later, Lasseter sent word to Sydney claiming he had finally located his 'lost' find.

Six months later, the news arrived that Lasseter had died in the Outback. Papers and diaries retrieved from his final refuge kept hopes alive for decades among Lasseter's true believers, and made him the stuff of Australian ...